2 H-Azirines as Potential Bifunctional Chemical Linkers of Cysteine Residues in Bioconjugate Technology
2H-Azirine-2-caboxamides have been designed to perform as a new type of bifunctional thiol linker under very mild reaction conditions. The cleavage of a C-N double bond of 2H-azirine furnishes an amino amide functional group in situ through a thiol addition and ring-opening process. It works with a broad scope of thiols and 2H-azirines in the absence of any catalysts at room temperature. Cysteine-containing peptides have also been demonstrated to work efficiently in a completely water solution.
Hoveyda-Grubbs II Catalyst: A Useful Catalyst for One-Pot Visible-Light-Promoted Ring Contraction and Olefin Metathesis Reactions
A one-pot reaction to synthesize functionalized 2H-azirines through visible-light-mediated ring contraction and olefin metathesis of isoxazoles is described. Hoveyda-Grubbs II catalyst was found to function as a photocatalyst for these transformations, al